Homecoming

 This weekend will be the biggest of our summer in that our little hamlet is having a "Homecoming".   This year will mark the 100th Celebration.  The farmer and I helped organize the event which happens every five years and about 175 people will be gathering in the local community centre for a 3 day renewal of friendships and recounting of memories. The farmer's brother will be arriving tonight and other friends and family members will arrive on Friday, so today I'll be baking and preparing some meals. I still have to finish up the historical display which is comprised of 32 feet of "table paper" filled with newspaper clippings and pictures from the last 100 years.  I had the privilege of working with an 85 year old retired teacher who has all the names and dates from the mid 30's onward still in her head. We will be setting up the display and helping with decorating and cleanup.  It will be a busy fun weekend and I'll tell you all about it next week but in the meantime I'd like to share some of my summer flowers with you.  Sunshine Always - Sheila

Note Cards - Summer at the Lake

 What a magnificent view my husband's uncle had of Island Lake!  Though he was in his nineties, he loved living at the lake year round and at least once or twice each summer we packed up a picnic to share with Uncle Archie.  We enjoyed visiting and watching what was going on around the lake from such a beautiful vantage point.  Sadly he passed away last summer and his property has been sold to a family whose view includes their parent's house across the lake.  I'm sure they're enjoying being just a  boat ride or swim away from each other.  Please consider a visit to Vee's to see what summer themes have been chosen for this month's Note Card Party. Enjoy your summer days!

Thank You!

I want to send a special message of thanks to Vee who suggested very nicely I might like to turn off my comment verification.  "But I don't have it..." I thought to myself... I investigated and found out she was right so I turned it off asap.  I agree with Vee that it is very tricky sometimes to interpret what is written in the verification box. I don't like to comment on those bogs because it takes so long.  So please accept my apologies for putting you through the trouble I have.  I value the comments people write and so from now on you won't have to go through that silly exercise.  Many thanks for your visits and your kind comments.  

Yesterday was our daughter's birthday and she had invited her friends to a picnic in a beautiful park in the river valley but an International Triathlon was taking place there so all access to vehicular traffic was blocked.  Instead we returned to the university grounds and spent all afternoon greeting and visiting with her friends. Everyone arrived at different times due to the detours but that made it more interesting. It was a great way to spend the hottest day of the year so far.  Hope you had a good week wherever you are. Sunshine Always - Sheila

New Kittens

We had the best long weekend ! Our family was together again here on the farm and 

we had a delicious barbecue on the deck under sunny skies,  

It was wonderful to have our family together again as it doesn't happen often enough.  

On Canada Day it poured buckets but we had the most fun in a long while.  

Recently, our son bought a home and since we've always had a cat around the house he thought he would get two kittens so they would keep each other company while he's at work.  

It was wonderful just to see the energy and antics these two sisters got up to.  

Thank goodness for my digital camera.  So many snaps were blurry but this collage might help explain 

why we all had such a good time watching Pepper and Patches. 

It's been a long time since we had kittens around and what a wonderful time we had - I'm sure we'll be visiting often.

Happy Canada Day and best wishes to those of you who will be celebrating on the 4th of July. I hope your day will be filled with the people and celebrations that make you grin from ear to ear!